# Tehran's Grand Bazaar closed Wednesday as authorities cracked down on black market currency traders in the Iranian capital. Witnesses said the raid led to clashes between riot police and dozens of protestors in central Tehran angry at the collapse of the Iranian rial, reported to have lost more than half of its value since last week.

# Golnaz Esfandiari analyzes the recent report "The Ayatollah's Nuclear Gamble," which estimates up to 70,000 people would be killed or injured after being exposed to toxic plumes released if Iran's suspected nuclear weapons cache is attacked, creating a scenario on par with the humanitarian and environmental disasters of the gas leak in Bhopal or the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl.